Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Probably because he has long been accustomed to Zhou Yang's various performances beyond ordinary people. The old patriarch Zhou Minghan was not too surprised that he had mastered the first level of "Flying Star Sword Art" in less than two months, but just praised him a few times as usual. sentence.

And as they returned to the family, as Zhou Yang expected, white flags were hung up on the entire Yuquan Peak, and the weeping and weeping of the Zhou family members who had lost their loved ones could be heard everywhere.

On this Jade Spring Peak, not only the monks of the Zhou family live, but also mortals who are direct descendants of the Zhou family monks within two generations, like Zhou Xuanyu's two sons who have no spiritual roots, and they live with her with a family of dozens of people. next to the yard.

It was the first time in decades that Zhou Yang had seen this kind of scene full of mountains and plains. At first glance, he was really touched.

"Is it uncomfortable? It's right to be uncomfortable!"

"Why is the cohesion of our family monks stronger than that of casual monks or even sect monks? It is because every monk in our family has lived and practiced together since childhood. In addition to having the same ancestor, we also have friendships other than family affection. When we and our friends passed away, we should mourn and remember them.”

"On the other hand, monks of the school, although they also have the friendship of master and apprentice and fellowship, it is absolutely impossible for the death of some low-level monks to trigger the mourning and memory of the whole school like our Zhou family is now."

"Look at this mountain full of plains, it's all done spontaneously by the people of the tribe, and the weeping is also sincere."

At the top of Yuquan Peak, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan came behind Zhou Yang at some point, and the words just now came from his mouth.

"Great-grandfather's meaning, grandson understands, but compared with the current mountain covered with plains, grandson is more willing to let this mountain be hung with red silk, let the clansmen sing wine as a song, and celebrate the family monk's newly promoted foundation building, The new Zifu, and even the new Jindan!" Zhou Yang turned his head to look at the old patriarch, and muttered to himself in a low tone.

Zhou Minghan's expression changed when he heard the words, and he couldn't help looking at him deeply and said: "The old man is looking forward to that day. If that day comes, you must go to the old man's grave and hang a piece of red silk so that the old man can also hang a piece of red silk." Congratulations with the same joy!"

Hearing his dejected words, Zhou Yang couldn't help frowning and said, "Great-grandfather, you are too pessimistic. The lifespan of a monk in the foundation-building period can reach two hundred and forty years. You are only less than two hundred years old now, and you are growing old and strong." At that time, the big ship of the Zhou family needs you to take the helm."

"Stop, Xiaojiu, you don't need to persuade me any more about taking over as the patriarch. The old man has made up his mind, and it's useless to persuade anyone. You should think about how to reform the family after you take over as the patriarch. Now that the Zhou family has more of you Father and son are two Foundation Establishment monks, some previous systems should also be changed!"

Zhou Minghan waved his hand, and didn't want to discuss the succession with Zhou Yang at all. Obviously, he had made up his mind to retreat behind the scenes as he said.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang felt helpless.

Since returning to the family, he talked about it with Zhou Xuanzhen, the father who stayed behind in the family, and asked his father, Zhou Xuantai and other family elders to persuade the old patriarch to withdraw his decision, but the result was not ideal at all.

Not only did Zhou Xuanhao and the others fail to persuade the old patriarch to withdraw his decision, but he himself was instigated by the old patriarch and instead supported him to take over the position of patriarch. This made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

However, uncomfortable is uncomfortable, but what should be done still has to be done.

Half a month after returning to the family, Zhou Yang took over the genealogy handed over by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan in front of the monks of the whole family, and officially became the fourth-generation patriarch of the Yuquan Zhou family. Retired and became the first elder of the family.

After taking over as the patriarch, Zhou Yang's first job is to listen to the family elders' reports on the family's internal affairs, personnel, and finances.

"My Zhou family currently has one monk in the late stage of foundation building, two monks in the early stage of foundation building, four elders in the ninth floor of Qi training, six monks in the late stage of Qi training, eight monks in the middle stage of Qi training, three monks in the early stage of Qi training, and another There are two Xiantian realm monks of the Guang character generation, a total of twenty-six people."

"In terms of relatives, there are currently five relatives of monks, including two monks in the late stage of Qi training and three monks in the middle stage of Qi training."

"As for the secular people, according to the statistics three years ago, there are a total of 113,720 mortals with the blood of my Zhou family on several oases, and there are also 38,465 mortals with other surnames. people."

After Zhou Yang and the others returned to the family to make adjustments, the elders of the Zhou family became the second elder, Zhou Xuanbin, who was in charge of managing the family's affairs. For example, when Zhou Yang held a family meeting, he was the first to speak and report.

And after listening to the data reported by him, even if Zhou Yang and other participants had already prepared for the bad data in this area, their hearts sank after hearing it at this moment, and everyone's face was very ugly.

Zhou Yang still remembers that when he first went down the mountain at the age of seventeen, the Zhou family did not count the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, the only monk of the "Ming" generation. people.

But now, just over a dozen years have passed, and all the monks of the "Guang" generation have been sitting and dying, falling and falling, and there is not a single person left.

And the monks of the "Xuan" generation who were originally the backbone of the family also lost two important figures, Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Xuanjing, one after another, plus Zhou Xuantai, who had a broken arm, so there were three of them.

The monks of the "Guang" generation died, the monks of the "Xuan" generation were severely injured, the monks of the "Yuan" generation had not yet grown up, and the monks of the "Guang" generation were still children...

It was only at this time that Zhou Yang knew how bad the situation of the Zhou family was, and why the old patriarch Zhou Minghan insisted on retiring.

"What about the financial situation? Seventh Uncle, go ahead and talk about it!"

He looked at the third elder Zhou Xuanlin who succeeded Zhou Xuanyu as the family affairs elder with a solemn expression and said.

The family finances have always been taken care of by the general affairs elders, so the general affairs elders have always been the patriarch's confidants, but with the current situation of the Zhou family, as long as Zhou Xuanlin doesn't do anything, it is impossible for Zhou Yang to replace him.

"In terms of finances, my Zhou family currently has a third-tier middle-grade spirit vein, a third-tier low-grade spirit vein, and a second-tier low-grade spirit vein. There are two hundred and twenty acres of spiritual fields, thirty acres of elixir gardens, a large red flame iron One mine and one medium-sized fine iron ore."

"In these industries, the annual net income of Lingtian is around 1,500 spirit stones. The average elixir in the elixir garden can provide a net income of about 700 spirit stones per year. The annual net income of refined iron ore is around 500 spirit stones. Up and down the Bailingshi, the Red Flame Iron vein has not been mined yet, and the income cannot be counted for the time being."

"In addition, the family now has a place where the third-level spiritual object [Earth Yuan Spirit Milk] is produced, one second-level high-grade spiritual wood dragon scale tree, two second-level low-grade spiritual fruit fire crystal jujube trees, and second-level low-grade spiritual fruit Huangyu pear tree Three trees, thirty-two first-grade top-grade sand camels, thirty-four first-grade top-grade spirit fruit white jade grapes, and 134 first-grade mid-grade spirit beasts Phoenix-crowned turkeys."

"Let's talk about the treasure house. There are currently four lower-rank magical artifacts in the family treasury, nineteen upper-rank magical artifacts, thirty-three middle-rank magical artifacts, fifty-seven lower-rank magical artifacts, and two more There are twenty-seven top-rank spiritual talismans, forty-nine second-rank middle-rank spiritual talismans, twenty-one second-rank low-grade spiritual talismans, two sets of second-rank middle-rank formations, and five sets of second-rank low-grade formations."

"In addition, there are still a lot of monster materials and fine iron materials in the treasury. The value of these things is difficult to calculate. If only the material value is counted, it should not exceed five thousand spirit stones."

"Finally, the expenditure. At present, the largest expenditure of the family is the family monk's offering. According to the family rules and standards, the monks in the late foundation establishment period can receive 500 spirit stones from the family for offering each year, and the early foundation establishment monks can receive 300 spirit stones for offering. 150 spirit stones to enshrine, the current monks of my Zhou family, remove the monks who do not meet the conditions for the offering of offerings, and the other monks spend about 2,200 spirit stones a year."

"The second largest expenditure is the offering to Huang Shamen. The family needs to pay tribute to Huang Shamen once every ten years. In the past, the total value of tribute materials and spirit stones should not be less than 2,000 spirit stones. Now the family has two more architects. Basic cultivator, the next tribute will be increased to three thousand spirit stones."

"The third largest expenditure is the subsidy for family monks who learn the arts of cultivating immortals. This expenditure is a special expenditure and is not included in the total annual expenditure."

"Finally, the family currently has 2,478 spirit stones remaining in their accounts, which is barely enough to distribute the offerings to the family's monks for the next year."

Holding a thick account book in his hand, Zhou Xuanlin told the Zhou family's financial income and expenditure item by item.

After listening to his report, Zhou Yang was actually relieved.

In terms of income and expenditure, the Zhou family's financial situation is still good. Not only did they not have a financial deficit, but they still had a lot of surplus every year.

This still does not count the income of the two shops in "Yuquanlou" and "Zuixianlou", and the red flame iron ore vein has not yet been mined.

And the Chen family has made it clear that once Fangshi is rebuilt later, the stores owned by the various families in Fangshi will be returned in full, and they will also be given a discount on rent.

The mining of the red flame iron vein can also start immediately.

Therefore, in actual calculations, the current financial situation of the Zhou family is still very good.

"Okay, now that the family's personnel and financial situation is clear to everyone, let's talk about internal affairs."

Zhou Yang stood up from his seat and looked at the four elders who participated in the meeting and the elders with the word "Xuan" who were watching.

"The first thing is to open up the branch of the Baisha River Oasis family. The ancestors of the Chen family have agreed to our Zhou family's occupation of a second-order spiritual vein in the Baisha River Oasis to open up a family branch, and allowed our Zhou family to migrate to mortals to live there."

"In return, my Zhou family needs to send a foundation-building stage monk to the Baisha River Oasis to obey the Chen family's orders, and send at least five monks who have reached the middle stage of Qi training and above to join the Baisha River Oasis monk patrol team."

"Secondly, since there are now three Foundation Establishment monks in my Zhou family, the Red Flame Iron Deposit can be officially put into mining. My Foundation Establishment Ceremony will also be held on the Haoyang Grotto Oasis in the future."

"Finally, after discussions with my father and great-grandfather, we decided to carry out a reform of the current family rules and regulations of the Zhou family. The reforms mainly include the following points."

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